Huckleberry, Alan T.; Fels, G. A characterization of \(K\)-invariant Stein domains in symmetric embeddings. (English) Zbl 0790.32030 Ancona, Vincenzo (ed.) et al., Complex analysis and geometry. New York: Plenum Press. The University Series in Mathematics. 223-234 (1993). Let \(K\) be a connected compact Lie group and let \(G\) be its complexification. Let \(X\) be an irreducible normal Stein space equipped with a \(G\)-action. If \(G\) has an open orbit in \(X\) that is a complex symmetric space, then \(X\) is called an affine symmetric embedding. Each such \(X\) possesses an essentially canonical closed complex subvariety \(D\) that is an affine torus embedding with respect to a certain subgroup of \(G\) such that \(K\cdot D=X\). The main result of the paper is the following theorem: Let \(\Omega\) be a connected \(K\)-invariant domain in an affine symmetric embedding \(X\). Then \(\Omega\) is Stein if and only if \(\Omega\cap D\) is Stein and connected.For the entire collection see [Zbl 0772.00007]. Reviewer: A.Russakovskii (Khar’kov) Cited in 4 Documents MSC: 32M05 Complex Lie groups, group actions on complex spaces 32M15 Hermitian symmetric spaces, bounded symmetric domains, Jordan algebras (complex-analytic aspects) 32E10 Stein spaces, Stein manifolds Keywords:\(K\)-invariant Stein domains; affine symmetric embedding PDF BibTeX XML Cite \textit{A. T. Huckleberry} and \textit{G. Fels}, in: Complex analysis and geometry. New York: Plenum Press. 223--234 (1993; Zbl 0790.32030)